Cryptographer. DeFi CTO. Researcher. Hacker.
Anish Mohammed builds at the intersection of privacy, AI, and blockchain — with a systems-level approach to the future of technology.
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About
Dr. Anish Mohammed is a cryptographer, researcher, and systems architect with over two decades of experience in security, cryptography, and decentralized systems.
He currently serves as the Co-founder and CTO of a DeFi startup, and is a leading thinker at the intersection of privacy, blockchain, and artificial intelligence.
With a background that spans academia, healthcare, and advanced tech, Anish brings a unique systems-level perspective to every project, from tokenomics to AI x-risk.
AREAS OF FOCUS
Exploring the intersections of privacy, intelligence, and decentralized design — shaping the next evolution of secure, adaptive systems.
Zero-Knowledge Proofs
Designing cryptographic systems that preserve privacy and enable secure, trustless verification.
Ethical AI & X-Risk
Addressing long-term risks, alignment challenges, and the safe deployment of emerging AI.
AI x Blockchain
Exploring how decentralized architectures and intelligent agents can interact, co-evolve, and self-govern.
Systems Thinking
Bridging disciplines to build scalable, secure, and adaptive infrastructures from the protocol layer up.
Tokenomics & DeFi Design
Architecting incentive mechanisms and economic models to power next-gen decentralized finance systems.
Speaking
Bringing deep tech insights to global stages. Invite Anish to speak at your next event or podcast.
Currently Exploring
AI x DeFi Governance
How autonomous agents could manage treasuries with privacy-preserving logic.
Post-Language Models
Exploring what’s next after LLMs in intelligence architecture.
Decentralized Identity at the Edge
Rethinking trust frameworks in low-resource and high-risk contexts.
Speaking & Media
“Anish Mohammed is a seasoned speaker and thought leader, sharing his insights on the intersection of AI, privacy, blockchain, and decentralized finance at events worldwide. Book him to speak at your next event or podcast.”
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Anish in the Media
Podcast: The Future of AI & Blockchain
“Anish dives deep into how AI and blockchain are converging in the world of decentralized finance.”
Interview: Privacy & DeFi
“Anish shares his thoughts on privacy-preserving technologies in decentralized finance systems.”
Keynote: Ethical AI and X-Risk
“Anish speaks on the ethical implications of AI and the challenges posed by X-Risks in emerging technologies.”
Reviews
“Anish is a true pioneer of technology. Whether it is cryptography, blockchain or big data, he is always aware of the latest advancements and knows everybody in whatever fields he is currently following. The fact that he is both brilliant and always clued-in makes him one of my favourite people to bounce ideas off of.”
Stefan Thomas
CTO at Ripple
Marek Zabicki
CTO at Arteia
Anish has a rare, wide ranging multi-disciplinary background and possess an extraordinary level intelligence. At the same time Anish is a true pleasure to work with, he is always one step ahead and not only meets but regularly exceeds expectations.
Anish has also opened my eyes to the potential of the blockchain technology and of the token economy and provided not only technical domain expertise but also elaborated a sound business model for the upcoming Arteia tokens. There are very few people in the world who actually know how to design a faultless token system and Anish is definitely one of them.
Last, but not least, Anish has high level of integrity, incredibly sound judgement and once onboard, he will be committed to the mission he has to accomplish. He is extremely well respected by the whole Arteia team, as well as Arteia’s investors. I learned a lot from Anish and have no doubt that he can deliver a substantial value in any endeavour.”
Andra Sonea
Solutions Architect. Financial Services
“I’ve had the chance to work with Anish on the blockchain and big data initiatives at LBG.
Anish has multiple areas of deep expertise: blockchain, security, big data, medicine. All these areas of expertise mastered by the same person enable connections not visible to many, an incredible speed of thinking and an easiness to move from big picture to detail and back.
The blockchain community is large but few are those who like Anish not only see define business cases and see implications but also do what they preach.
For me, he is the first person to go to when I deal with a hard problem to crack.”